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B. R GOGGIN.

AUTOMATIC STORAGE PRESSURE RESERVOIR. Nb. 256.291.

Patented Apr. 11, 1882.

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. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. i

RICHARD It. COGGIN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN SOQLLAY OF SAME PLACE.

AUTOMATIC STORAGE PRESSURE RESERVOIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 256,291, dated April 11, 1882. Application filed December 24, 1es1. (No n'iodelJ. 7

certain Improvementsin Automatic Storage Pressure Reservoirs, of which the following is a specification. My invention relates in generalto storage and pressure reservoirs arranged in the main to prevent its escape.

- storage-reservoir.

water-service pipes of buildings to furnish an auxiliary supply to the basins, faucets, &c., that may be temporarily out off by the opening of a faucet or faucets between them and the main. I

The novel features of the invention will be definitely set forth in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a general view, showing my invention on a small scale as applied in house-plumbing. Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of the storage pressure reservoir detached.

Let A represent, for example, the kitchenfloor of a house; B, the parlor-floor, and O and D the upper floors. v

E is the water-service pipe from themain, arranged to supply the house withwater. This pipe supplies water to a sink, F, and closet G on the kitchen-floor by means of a branch pipe, E, the sink beinginterposed between the closet G and pipe E. The pipe E enters a storage pressure reservoir, H, shown as located on the parlor-floor at the bottom, as best shown in- Fig. 2. Referring to this figure, a is a spud, which is screwed into the bottom of thereservoir H, extending upward inside about four inches by preference, and provided with a ball check-valve, b, arrangedto seat itself on the end of the spud, and provided with a wire cage Onthe exterior end of this spud is screwed a tip, 0, to which. the servicepipe E is secured by a wipe joint in a wellknown way. The reservoir H may be'of any size to suit the circumstances of the case; but for ahonse, as shown in Fig. 1, I prefer to employ a cylindrical galvanized iron vessel with a capacity of about sixty gallons.

I is the service-pipe for the floors above the This taps the bottom of the reservoir H much in the same way as the pipe E, but has no check-valve. Itextends up to the upper floors, G and D, and supplies, for example, basins J and K and a closet, L.

So far as described the operation is as follows: The water from the street-main enters basins J K and closet L are supplied wholly from the reservoir; and it will be found that the reduction of friction in'the pipes, by bringing the reservoir close up to the basins, will enable the water to be drawn at both of these basins simultaneously, whereas if the servicepipe I extended directly to the main the friction would be sufficient to cause the,flow at basin J to cut off the flow at basin K, provided the ordinary service-pipe permitted by law in cities be employed.

Should the plumbing require temporary repairs at the lower floor, as is often the case, and the water be cut oft, the reservoir K will supply the upper floors during the interim. The pressure in the reservoir will (when the latter is cut off from the main) slowlydecrease c as the water is draw 01f; but with a large reservoir this will prove no drawback.

I have shown the closet G on the kitchenfloor arranged beyond the sink F. The sink in this case would of course cut off the water from said closet; and should the sink-faucet be open at the time the closet-knob was pulled the closet-valve would close before the water began to flow, and thus leave the pan dry. The seal being destroyed, the gas would rise from 9 the waste-pipe and enter the house. To obviate this dangerous defect, which is likely to occur in anyhouse plumbed in the usual way, I may provide the closet with a storage-reservoir for flushing, constructed substantially like the reservoir H, but smaller.

I may provide the reservoir H (see Fig. 2) with an ordinary gage, P, to show the level of the water therein. In case a small leak should exist at the top of the reservoir the air will escape therea-t and the water will rise in the res ervoir; but should the reservoir be tight the air will tend rather to accumulate.

I prefer to plaeethe storage-reservoir on the parlor-floor of a house, so as to bring it close to the basins it is to supply; but it might be placed on the kitchen-floor or in the cellar. In

any case it will be placed below the cocks, ba-

sins, or closets it is intended to supply.

I may also place in the bend of the pipe I (see Fig. 1) a cock, e, whereby the water may be drawn ofi' from the reservoir when desired. Any suitable kind of check-valve may be employed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim-- 1. lhe combination, with the storage-reservoir H, of the main service-pipe E, arranged to admit water at its bottom, the check-valve b, arranged to control the inlet, as shown, and 20 the auxiliary service-pipe I, arranged to supply water from the reservoir to cocks beyond, all arranged substantially as herein set forth.

2. The combination, with the reservoir,'of the spud 00, secured in its bottom and arranged to project upward into the same, the caged checkvalve 1), arranged to close the inner end of the spud, the tip 0, and the auxiliary service-pipe I, all constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

RICHARD R. ooeGIN.

Witnesses HENRY CONNETT,

ARTHUR C. FRASER. 

